Google going Gangnam style with new offices in Seoul … and maybe SoCal

Google’s going Gangnam style, opening a new South Korean startup center in the trendy Seoul neighborhood. It’s also reportedly eyeing spacious new digs for its Los Angeles offices – in a historic aircraft hangar.

But Google’s also been opening a series of start-up accelerator centers in cities around the world, where it hopes to network with new companies and entrepreneurs. Google launched the latest of these centers in Seoul this week, with a visit from Sundar Pichai, who oversees the Android and Chrome business for Google.

Meanwhile, the Journal is also reporting that Google has plans for expanding its Los Angeles offices, which currently house some operations of YouTube and other divisions. Google is said to be in early negotiations to lease about 300,000 square feet in a massive hangar that sits in LA’s Playa Vista district, where other tech startups are based.

The space was once owned by Hughes Aircraft and was used by financier Howard Hughes to build his giant “Spruce Goose” airplane. It has since been used by Hollywood filmmakers, among others.